Monday, May 4, 2026

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רב סעדיה גאון, along with several other ראשונים*, opposed the belief in גילגול נשמות and maintained that it has no foundation in classical Judaism.

After the revelation of the זהר and later the כתבי אריז"ל, the belief in גילגול became widely accepted throughout mainstream Jewish thought.

The רש"ש* writes that the גמרא in בבא מציעא ק"ז ע"ב “שתהא יציאתך מן העולם כביאתך אל העולם—serves as a proof against גילגול, since it implies that every person enters the world without sin.

The Satmar Rebbe, R. Yoel Teitelbaum zt”l, disagrees with the רש"ש and argues that this is not a valid proof.

The רמב"ן on פרשת בחקתי explains that the ברכות in that פרשה will be fulfilled only לעתיד לבא in the future era.

The Rebbe applied this same principle to the ברכות in פרשת כי תבא“ברוך אתה בבואך. According to the רמב"ן, these ברכות will likewise be realized only in the future, a time when there will be no need for גילגול at all, since all נשמות will enter the world free of sin.

According to the Rebbe, the דרשת חז"ל of ”שתהא יציאתך מן העולם כביאתך אל העולם—would  לכאורה only apply לעתיד לבא  and not in our present era. This במחילת כבוד תורתו doesn't seem to be the intention of the דרשת חז"ל and would be difficult to accept as פשט.
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 ראב"ד הראשון- ר' אברהם בן הרמב"ם -מאירי -ועוד*
**Many Chasidim censured the רש"ש for his opinion








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